RtI Math
Explore resources related to Response to Intervention (RtI) in K-8 math. 
- View a visual diagram of all five practices
- Watch a topic overview and download planning templates
- Listen to an expert
Explore the subtopics below to learn more about the recommended practices:
To learn more about the research underlying these practices, view the IES Practice Guide, Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools.
Word Problems
RtI Math > Arithmetic Foundations > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Beckmann emphasizes the importance of teaching students to recognize the underlying structure of word problems. She provides examples of problem structures and discusses why...
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Expert Interview
The Phases of RtI Implementation
RtI Math > Implementation > Learn What Works
Dave Tilly shares lessons from the experiences of several decades providing technical assistance to help districts and schools in Iowa implement RtI frameworks. He describes the activities at three...
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Expert Interview
Evolution of Response to Intervention
RtI Math > Overview & Tools, RtI Reading > Overview & Tools
Dr. Gersten and Dr. Vaughn, who have long worked in research related to Response to Intervention (RtI), share their ideas about why RtI has spread rapidly as a solution to helping struggling...
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Expert Interview
Visual Diagram: Response to Intervention—Math
RtI Math > Overview & Tools
The visual diagram illustrates three essential practices (universal screening and progress monitoring, content focus, and explicit teaching instruction) based on the recommendations in the Practice...
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Visual Diagram
Lessons From Iowa About RtI
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Lana Michelson, chief of Iowa's Bureau of Student and Family Support Services, and Eric Neessen, consultant for School Psychological Services, discuss Instructional Decision Making (IDM). IDM is a...
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School Example
RtI Training for School Districts
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Erin Lolich, an administrator in the Tigard-Tualatin School District and the director of professional development in RtI for 32 school districts, describes the types of training, coaching, and...
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School Example
Charting the Path
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Principal Bobbie Lamond explains her role in the school's evolution of RtI. The sample material, RtI Implementation Self Report, is used to chart school progress. She also discusses the grade-level...
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School Example
State Leadership: Building an RtI System
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Gerald Zahorchak, describes how Response to Intervention has served to align the state's reform and improvement framework. In Pennsylvania, RtI is known as RtII...
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School Example
Principal’s Role in Instructional Decision Making
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Principal Deb Chiodo from Cornell Elementary School describes her development as an instructional leader through the use of RtI. Systematic and regular grade-level meetings are the heart of the...
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School Example
Powerful RtI Training Experiences
RtI Math > Implementation > See How It Works
Wendy Robinson coordinates Heartland AEA's Instructional Decision Making project. She describes training experiences that are effective for communication, allocating intervention resources, and...
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School Example
Organizing for Differentiation in the Core Classroom
RtI Math > Intentional Teaching > See How It Works
A second-grade teacher demonstrates a lesson on subtraction with regrouping. Through small group instruction she differentiates for struggling students and provides immediate reteaching after...
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School Example
Explicit Teaching in the Fifth-Grade Math Core
RtI Math > Intentional Teaching > See How It Works
A fifth-grade teacher describes explicit step-by-step approaches to teaching division of fractions. She emphasizes vocabulary teaching, demonstration, scaffolding, partner sharing, and checking for...
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School Example
